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| name = Jenner & Block LLP | | name = Jenner & Block LLP | ||
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| headquarters = ]<br>], ], United States | | headquarters = ]<br>], ], United States | ||
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| key_people = ], Chairman;<ref>{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Jenner.com''</ref> Katya Jestin and Randall E. Mehrberg, Co-Managing Partners | ||
| revenue = $408M (2014)<ref name="AL profile" /> | | revenue = $408M (2014)<ref name="AL profile" /> | ||
| date_founded = 1914 | | date_founded = 1914 | ||
| founder = Jacob Newman, |
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'''Jenner & Block''' is an American ] with offices in ], ], ], ] and ]<ref name=offices /> The firm is active in ], ], the public sector, and other legal fields. It has litigated several prominent cases before the ]. As of 2014, it |
'''Jenner & Block''' is an American ] with offices in Century City, ], ], ], ], San Francisco, and ]<ref name=offices /> The firm is active in ], ], the public sector, and other legal fields. It has litigated several prominent cases before the ]. As of 2014, it was the 103rd-largest law firm in the US, based on '']'s'' annual ranking of firms by headcount.<ref name="AL profile" /> | ||
==History== | ==History == | ||
The firm was founded in Chicago in 1914 as Newman, Poppenhusen & Stern. |
The firm was founded in Chicago in 1914 as Newman, Poppenhusen & Stern. In late 1928, a former chief justice of the ], ], joined the firm. Known commonly as "The Judge,"{{to whom|date=August 2016}} Thompson handled several high-profile cases for the firm. ], who served as a former assistant counsel to the ], established Jenner & Block's longstanding relationship representing ] in the 1950s.<ref>, '']'', September 30, 1988; retrieved May 14, 2015.</ref> He later was senior minority counsel on the ] inquiry staff for the ] on the ] during the ],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1974/01/25/87596141.pdf| title=Man in the News: G.O.P. Aide in Inquiry| first=William E.| last=Farrel| newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 25, 1974 |page=17}}</ref> but was replaced in July 1974 after advocating for the impeachment of Nixon.<ref name="The New York Times; September 20, 1988">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Albert E. Jenner, 81, A Watergate Counsel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/20/obituaries/albert-e-jenner-81-a-watergate-counsel.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 20, 1988 |access-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | Jenner & Block was one of the first national law firms to establish a ] practice specifically focused on appeals before the ]. A number of lawyers in the Washington office have served as clerks to the US Supreme Court.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426082005/http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/firm/3580/jenner-block |date=2015-04-26 }}, Chambers and Partners; retrieved May 14, 2015.</ref><ref>, Jenner & Block; retrieved May 14, 2015.</ref> This office was once headed by Bruce Ennis, Jr., who argued more than a dozen cases before the Supreme Court, including three cases arising under different provisions of the same law, the landmark ]. The appellate practice was once led by ]. <ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316043343/http://www.chambersandpartners.com/usa/person/172296/paul-m-smith |date=2015-03-16 }}, Chambers & Partners; retrieved May 14, 2015.</ref> ], who succeeded ] as ] during the ] administration, is a former member of the practice.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306154331/https://www.justice.gov/osg/meet-solicitor-general-0 |date=2016-03-06 }}, US Department of Justice; retrieved May 27, 2014.</ref> | ||
In late 1928, the former chief justice of the ] ] joined the firm. Known plainly as "The Judge,"{{to whom|date=August 2016}} Thompson handled several high-profile cases for the firm. | |||
The firm was one of the first large firms in the U.S. to establish a ] program. | |||
⚫ | Jenner & Block was one of the first national law firms to establish a Washington D.C. practice specifically focused on appeals before the ]. |
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Since its founding, the firm has had 10 names. The name of the firm was changed to Raymond Mayer Jenner & Block in 1964 after ] became a name partner. In 1969, it was shortened to its present form. | |||
==Prominent legal work== | ==Prominent legal work== | ||
The firm has a history of litigating and representation in prominent cases, including several argued before the ]. The firm's 1985 antitrust lawsuit of ], on behalf of ], sowed the seeds for the eventual break-up of telecommunications monopoly in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news| url= |
The firm has a history of litigating and representation in prominent cases, including several argued before the ]. The firm's 1985 antitrust lawsuit of ], on behalf of ], sowed the seeds for the eventual break-up of telecommunications monopoly in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/05/23/mci-att-suit-goes-to-the-jury/| title= MCI-AT&T Suit Goes To The Jury: Firms Billions Of Dollars Apart In Damages| date= 23 May 1985| first= Christine |last= Winter| work= Chicago Tribune | access-date= 18 September 2015}}</ref> | ||
The firm's involvement in civil rights cases spans decades. In the 1960s, the firm represented prominent Chicago cardiologist Jeremiah Stamler when he was subpoenaed to testify before the ]. The firm sued the Committee, seeking to have its mandate declared unconstitutional. After eight and a half years of litigation in the 1960s and 70s, the government agreed to drop its indictment against Dr. Stamler for contempt of Congress, and the doctor agreed to drop his civil suit against the Committee. In 1975, Congress officially abolished HUAC, by that time known as the Internal Security Committee. | The firm's involvement in civil rights cases spans decades. In the 1960s, the firm represented prominent Chicago cardiologist ] when he was subpoenaed to testify before the ]. The firm sued the Committee, seeking to have its mandate declared unconstitutional. After eight and a half years of litigation in the 1960s and 70s, the government agreed to drop its indictment against Dr. Stamler for contempt of Congress, and the doctor agreed to drop his civil suit against the Committee. In 1975, Congress officially abolished ], by that time known as the Internal Security Committee. | ||
In 2009, firm chairman ] was appointed as the examiner in the ] bankruptcy, and he hired Jenner & Block to produce the report that captured the findings of a year-long investigation of the bank's finances.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dealbook| url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/lehman-directors-did-not-breach-duties-examiner-finds/?_r=1 |title= Court-appointed Lehman examiner unveils report| newspaper=]|date= 11 March 2010| |
In 2009, then firm chairman ] was appointed as the examiner in the ] bankruptcy, and he hired Jenner & Block to produce the report that captured the findings of a year-long investigation of the bank's finances.<ref>{{cite news|author=Dealbook| url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/lehman-directors-did-not-breach-duties-examiner-finds/?_r=1 |title= Court-appointed Lehman examiner unveils report| newspaper=]|date= 11 March 2010| access-date= 11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703625304575115963009594440 |title= Examiner: 'Lehman Torpedoed Lehman'| first1= Mike |last1=Spector| first2= Susanne |last2= Craig | first3= Peter |last3= Lattman| work= ]| date= 11 March 2010| access-date= 11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jenners_chair_anton_valukas_to_probe_lehman_bros._as_new_examiner/| title= Jenner's Chair, Anton Valukas, to Probe Lehman Bros. as New Examiner| date= 20 January 2009|first3= Martha |last3=Neil| website= ]}} | ||
</ref> In 2010, the firm oversaw ]' $23.1 billion ] of common stock and Series B mandatory convertible junior preferred stock, the largest US IPO ever at the time.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467858/000119312510192195/ds1.htm| date=18 August 2010| publisher= Securities and Exchange Commission |location= Washington, D.C.| title= Form S-1: Registration Statement under The Securities Act of 1933: General Motors Company| |
</ref> In 2010, the firm oversaw ]' $23.1 billion ] of common stock and Series B mandatory convertible junior preferred stock, the largest US IPO ever at the time.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467858/000119312510192195/ds1.htm| date=18 August 2010| publisher= Securities and Exchange Commission |location= Washington, D.C.| title= Form S-1: Registration Statement under The Securities Act of 1933: General Motors Company| access-date= 18 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://money.cnn.com/2010/11/17/news/companies/gm_ipo_pricing/ |title= GM IPO biggest ever| first= Chris |last= Isidore| publisher= CNN Money| date= 18 November 2010| access-date= 11 May 2015}}</ref> | ||
The firm has achieved several victories before the US Supreme Court regarding free speech, gay rights, copyright, civil procedure, political asylum and other matters.{{citation needed|date= September 2015}} The firm's first principal litigator, Edward R. Johnston, earned the firm's first Supreme Court victory, a landmark antitrust case against the US government ('']'') that allowed for trade association members to exchange information.<ref>{{cite web| url= |
The firm has achieved several victories before the US Supreme Court regarding ], gay rights, ], civil procedure, ] and other matters.{{citation needed|date= September 2015}} The firm's first principal litigator, Edward R. Johnston, earned the firm's first Supreme Court victory, a landmark antitrust case against the US government ('']'') that allowed for trade association members to exchange information.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/1985/01/22/jenner-blocks-howe-the-pro-of-professional-societies/ |title= Jenner & Block's Howe the pro of professional societies| first1= James |last1=Warren| first2=Maurice |last2= Possley |first3=Joseph | last3=Tybor| work=Chicago Tribune| date=22 January 1985| access-date= 8 June 2015}}</ref> | ||
The firm represented plaintiff Stephen Law in ''Law v. Siegel'' in the US Supreme Court in 2014; it had already been representing the plaintiff Law (who had earlier represented himself) in the US Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit). The Supreme Court overturned a California court's decision to allow Law's home equity to be used as payment for legal fees to a trustee, even though the equity was protected by the state's homestead exemption.<ref name= slightly /> | The firm represented plaintiff Stephen Law in ''Law v. Siegel'' in the US Supreme Court in 2014; it had already been representing the plaintiff Law (who had earlier represented himself) in the US Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit). The Supreme Court overturned a California court's decision to allow Law's home equity to be used as payment for legal fees to a trustee, even though the equity was protected by the state's homestead exemption.<ref name= slightly /> | ||
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Jenner & Block has continued to represent environmental groups such as the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Natural Resources Defense Council in a ] suit against ] regarding raw sewage.<ref> (2012), 11 C 8859.</ref> | Jenner & Block has continued to represent environmental groups such as the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Natural Resources Defense Council in a ] suit against ] regarding raw sewage.<ref> (2012), 11 C 8859.</ref> | ||
===Pro bono work=== | ===''Pro bono'' work=== | ||
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According to annual surveys by ''The American Lawyer'', in 2014 and 2015, Jenner & Block was the leading law firm for per-attorney hours devoted to pro bono work in the US.<ref name= slightly>{{cite news| url= http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202730101637/Survey-Pro-Bono-Hours-Dip-Slightly-at-Am-Law-200-Firms| title= Survey: Pro Bono Hours Dip Slightly at Am Law 200 Firms| first= M. P. |last= McQueen| work= The American Lawyer| publisher= ALM Media Properties, LLC| date= June 29, 2015 | |
According to annual surveys by ''The American Lawyer'', in 2014 and 2015, Jenner & Block was the leading law firm for per-attorney hours devoted to ] work in the US.<ref name= slightly>{{cite news| url= http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202730101637/Survey-Pro-Bono-Hours-Dip-Slightly-at-Am-Law-200-Firms| title= Survey: Pro Bono Hours Dip Slightly at Am Law 200 Firms| first= M. P. |last= McQueen| work= The American Lawyer| publisher= ALM Media Properties, LLC| date= June 29, 2015 | access-date= August 13, 2016|url-access=subscription }}</ref> From 2008 to 2015, it was the leader for five of those seven years.<ref name=CSullivan>{{cite news | ||
| title= Jenner and Exelon: A Business Case for Pro Bono | | title= Jenner and Exelon: A Business Case for Pro Bono | ||
| date= April 13, 2015 | | date= April 13, 2015 | ||
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| work= Bloomberg Law | | work= Bloomberg Law | ||
| publisher= The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. | | publisher= The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. | ||
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Recent pro bono victories include the acquittal of Jezon Young and the 2012 acquittal of Calvin Marshall who had been charged with murder.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140414/NEWS01/140419890/jenner-block-taps-new-managing-partner| date= April 14, 2014| title= Jenner & Block taps new managing partner| first= Steven R. | last= Strahler| newspaper= Crain's Chicago Business| access-date= August 14, 2016}}</ref> | Recent pro bono victories include the acquittal of Jezon Young and the 2012 acquittal of Calvin Marshall who had been charged with murder.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140414/NEWS01/140419890/jenner-block-taps-new-managing-partner| date= April 14, 2014| title= Jenner & Block taps new managing partner| first= Steven R. | last= Strahler| newspaper= Crain's Chicago Business| access-date= August 14, 2016}}</ref> | ||
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==Notable cases== | ==Notable cases== | ||
*''Maple Flooring Manufacturers' Association v. US'': The firm had an early US Supreme Court victory in an antitrust case that helped establish its appellate credentials. The firm represented the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, a trade association based in ]. The US government charged that the group's activities — such as sharing weekly statistics showing charges that had been made for various grades of lumber during the previous week — violated the ]. The firm's principal litigator at the time, Edward Johnston, argued that the Association shared permissible economic information. In June 1925, the Court agreed. | *''Maple Flooring Manufacturers' Association v. US'': The firm had an early US Supreme Court victory in an antitrust case that helped establish its appellate credentials. The firm represented the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, a trade association based in ]. The US government charged that the group's activities — such as sharing weekly statistics showing charges that had been made for various grades of lumber during the previous week — violated the ]. The firm's principal litigator at the time, Edward Johnston, argued that the Association shared permissible economic information. In June 1925, the Court agreed. | ||
*] cases: In the 1930s, former chief justice of the ] ] successfully defended Chicago utility czar Samuel Insull in three separate federal and state trials related to the collapse of his empire after the ]. | *] cases: In the 1930s, former chief justice of the ] ] successfully defended Chicago utility czar Samuel Insull in three separate federal and state trials related to the collapse of his empire after the ]. | ||
* '']'': The firm represented William Witherspoon, who had been sentenced to death |
* '']'': The firm represented William Witherspoon, who had been sentenced to death for the shooting death of a police officer, on a pro bono basis. In 1968, the US Supreme Court ruled that a state statute providing the state unlimited challenge for cause of jurors who might have any objection to the death penalty gave too much bias in favor of the prosecution. The Court reasoned: "A jury that must choose between life imprisonment and capital punishment can do little more — and must do nothing less — than express the conscience of the community on the ultimate question of life or death. Yet, in a nation less than half of whose people believe in the death penalty, a jury composed exclusively of such people cannot speak for the community."<ref name= WvI>, 391 U.S. 510 (1968); accessed January 4, 2016</ref> The Court added: "To execute this death sentence would deprive of his life without the ] of the law."<ref name= WvI /> As a result of the Witherspoon decision, more than 350 inmates on death row around the nation had their death sentences lifted.<ref>{{cite news| title= The Elder Statesman |first= Kevin |last= Davis |work= 2008 Illinois Super Lawyers |date= February 2008| url= http://www.superlawyers.com/illinois/article/The-Elder-Statesman/c71c91ae-4a97-4ca2-8dcf-d2a366ae0dc4.html| access-date= January 4, 2016}}</ref> | ||
*'']'': A significant case to ensure civil rights for the gay, lesbian and transgender community. In 2003, working with the ], the firm challenged Texas' anti-sodomy statute. The US Supreme Court struck down the statute, effectively invalidating anti-sodomy laws throughout the nation.<ref name=LvT>, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)</ref> Justice ] wrote that two gay men arrested after police walked in on them having sex "are entitled to respect for their private lives. The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime."<ref name=LvT /> | *'']'': A significant case to ensure civil rights for the gay, lesbian and transgender community. In 2003, working with the ], the firm challenged Texas' anti-sodomy statute. The US Supreme Court struck down the statute, effectively invalidating anti-sodomy laws throughout the nation.<ref name=LvT>, 539 U.S. 558 (2003)</ref> Justice ] wrote that two gay men arrested after police walked in on them having sex "are entitled to respect for their private lives. The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime."<ref name=LvT /> | ||
* ]: After ] filed for bankruptcy in 2008—the largest bankruptcy in US history—the court hired Jenner & Block's Chairman Anton Valukas to examine Lehman's collapse. Some commentators pointed to the bankruptcy as a factor contributing to the late ].<ref>{{cite news| title=Bubble Trouble| first= Robert J. |last= Shiller |website=ProjectSyndicate.com| url= http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bubble-trouble |date= September 17, 2007| |
* ]: After ] filed for bankruptcy in 2008—the largest bankruptcy in US history—the court hired Jenner & Block's Chairman Anton Valukas to examine Lehman's collapse. Some commentators pointed to the bankruptcy as a factor contributing to the late ].<ref>{{cite news| title=Bubble Trouble| first= Robert J. |last= Shiller |website=ProjectSyndicate.com| url= http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/bubble-trouble |date= September 17, 2007| access-date= January 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://money.cnn.com/2009/01/20/magazines/fortune/okeefe_schiff.fortune/index.htm | title= Peter Schiff: Oh, he saw it coming| first= Brian |last= O'Keefe| date= January 23, 2009 |website=CNN.com| access-date= January 4, 2016}}</ref> In March 2010, Valukas issued his 2,200-page report on the matter.<ref name=here>{{cite news| work= Wall Street Journal| date= March 11, 2010| title= Lehman Brothers: Here Is a Copy of the Court Examiner's Report | first= Michael |last= Corkery }}</ref> | ||
* ]: In the late 2000s, General Motors had what ''The American Lawyer'' called a "near-death" experience as it filed for bankruptcy. In 2010, the $23 billion offering by GM set the record as the largest ] (IPO) in history. Jenner & Block represented GM as it went through bankruptcy and the subsequent IPO.<ref name=amlawdaily0509>{{cite news| url= http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/05/weil-dewey-jenner-and-honigman-heading-gm-legal-team.html | date= May 22, 2009 | title= Weil, Dewey, Jenner, and Honigman Heading GM Legal Team| first= Brian |last= Baxter| work= The AmLaw Daily| publisher= ALM| |
* ]: In the late 2000s, General Motors had what ''The American Lawyer'' called a "near-death" experience as it filed for bankruptcy. In 2010, the $23 billion offering by GM set the record as the largest ] (IPO) in history. Jenner & Block represented GM as it went through bankruptcy and the subsequent IPO.<ref name=amlawdaily0509>{{cite news| url= http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2009/05/weil-dewey-jenner-and-honigman-heading-gm-legal-team.html | date= May 22, 2009 | title= Weil, Dewey, Jenner, and Honigman Heading GM Legal Team| first= Brian |last= Baxter| work= The AmLaw Daily| publisher= ALM| access-date= 4 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://blogs.wsj.com/autoshow/2009/06/01/gm-press-release-on-new-gm/ | title= GM Press Release on 'New GM' | date= June 1, 2009| author= WSJ Staff| website= ] | access-date= 4 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202487436229/GMs-Jump-Start | title= GM's Jump Start: Joseph Gromacki of Jenner & Block| first= Vivia |last= Chen| website= AmericanLawyer.com | date=April 1, 2011 | access-date= January 4, 2016}}</ref> | ||
*'']'': The firm represented the Entertainment Merchants Association in a battle against a California law that restricted the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In 2011, the US Supreme Court agreed with the firm's argument that the law violated the ]'s protection of freedom of speech and expression. Justice ] wrote that depictions of violence have never been subject to government regulation.<ref name= 28scotus>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28scotus.html | title= Justices Reject Ban on Violent Video Games for Children| first= Adam| last= Liptak | date= 27 June 2011| location= Washington, DC| work= The New York Times| |
*'']'': The firm represented the Entertainment Merchants Association in a battle against a California law that restricted the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In 2011, the US Supreme Court agreed with the firm's argument that the law violated the ]'s protection of freedom of speech and expression. Justice ] wrote that depictions of violence have never been subject to government regulation.<ref name= 28scotus>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/us/28scotus.html | title= Justices Reject Ban on Violent Video Games for Children| first= Adam| last= Liptak | date= 27 June 2011| location= Washington, DC| work= The New York Times| access-date= 4 January 2016}}</ref> | ||
*'']'': The firm represented a group of broadcasting company clients in a fight against ], Inc., a company that retransmitted copyrighted television programming without broadcaster authorization for a fee.<ref name=Aereo>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/business/aereo-files-for-bankruptcy.html| title= Aereo Concedes Defeat and Files for Bankruptcy| first= Emily| last= Steel | date= 21 November 2014| |
*'']'': The firm represented a group of broadcasting company clients in a fight against ], Inc., a company that retransmitted copyrighted television programming without broadcaster authorization for a fee.<ref name=Aereo>{{cite news| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/business/aereo-files-for-bankruptcy.html| title= Aereo Concedes Defeat and Files for Bankruptcy| first= Emily| last= Steel | date= 21 November 2014| access-date= 4 January 2016| work= The New York Times}}</ref> In June 2014, the US Supreme Court agreed with the firm's argument that Aereo violated copyright law. Aereo filed for ] in November 2014.<ref name=Aereo /> | ||
==Recognition== | ==Recognition== | ||
The firm has won many awards for its work.<ref name= awardsJB>, Jenner & Block; retrieved May 14, 2015.</ref> In 2012 and 2013, it was listed as one of the 20 most elite law firms by ''The American Lawyer'', with inclusion on the magazine's A-List for revenue generation, ] commitment, associate satisfaction and diversity representation.<ref name="VAULT">{{cite book|title= Vault Guide to the Top Law Firms for General Commercial Litigation|year= 2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQRcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT127|publisher=Infobase Learning|isbn=978-1-58131-913-2|page=127}}</ref> In 2012 and 2014, the firm was awarded the Chambers USA "Award for Excellence" as the top law firm for media and entertainment litigation.<ref>, Chambers & Partners; retrieved May 14, 2014.</ref> | The firm has won many awards for its work.<ref name= awardsJB> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035547/https://jenner.com/about/firm/about/awards |date=2018-01-13 }}, Jenner & Block; retrieved May 14, 2015.</ref> In 2012 and 2013, it was listed as one of the 20 most elite law firms by ''The American Lawyer'', with inclusion on the magazine's A-List for revenue generation, ] commitment, associate satisfaction and diversity representation.<ref name="VAULT">{{cite book|title= Vault Guide to the Top Law Firms for General Commercial Litigation|year= 2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yQRcAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT127|publisher=Infobase Learning|isbn=978-1-58131-913-2|page=127}}</ref> In 2012 and 2014, the firm was awarded the Chambers USA "Award for Excellence" as the top law firm for media and entertainment litigation.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504003859/http://www.chambersandpartners.com/chambers-usa-awards-for-excellence-2012#media |date=2015-05-04 }}, Chambers & Partners; retrieved May 14, 2014.</ref> | ||
In 2015, '']'' named Jenner & Block to its "Appellate Hot List," a list of 20 national firms "with outstanding achievements before the US Supreme Court, federal circuit courts and state courts of last resort."<ref>{{cite web| title=The 2015 Appellate Hot List: Winning Big Cases, Changing the Law| work= The National Law Journal| date=November 16, 2015 | url= http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202742390456/The-2015-Appellate-Hot-List-Winning-Big-Cases-Changing-the-Law}}</ref> That marked the seventh consecutive year that the firm was so ranked.<ref>{{cite web| title= Jenner & Block| first=Mike |last=Sacks| work= The National Law Journal| date= November 16, 2015|url= http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202742389565/Jenner-amp-Block | |
In 2015, '']'' named Jenner & Block to its "Appellate Hot List," a list of 20 national firms "with outstanding achievements before the US Supreme Court, federal circuit courts and state courts of last resort."<ref>{{cite web| title=The 2015 Appellate Hot List: Winning Big Cases, Changing the Law| work= The National Law Journal| date=November 16, 2015 | url= http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202742390456/The-2015-Appellate-Hot-List-Winning-Big-Cases-Changing-the-Law}}</ref> That marked the seventh consecutive year that the firm was so ranked.<ref>{{cite web| title= Jenner & Block| first=Mike |last=Sacks| work= The National Law Journal| date= November 16, 2015|url= http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202742389565/Jenner-amp-Block | access-date= January 4, 2016}}</ref> The firm was also named to ''The National Law Journal'''s 2015 "IP Hot List."<ref>{{cite web| title= The 2015 IP Hot List| work= The National Law Journal| date= June 1, 2015 | url= http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202727880211/The-2015-IP-Hot-List | access-date= January 4, 2016}}</ref> Also in 2015, ] named the firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Corporate Reorganization Practice a "Bankruptcy Group of the Year."<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.law360.com/articles/611331/bankruptcy-group-of-the-year-jenner-block |title= Bankruptcy Group of the Year: Jenner & Block| first= Matt |last= Chiappardi| website= Law360.com| date= 14 January 2015| access-date= 11 May 2015}}</ref> | ||
In 2005, the firm received the ] "Legal Service Award" for its work with ] inmates.<ref>, Jenner & Block; retrieved May 16, 2015.</ref><ref name= awardsJB /> The New York office is a strong contributor to the firm's commitment to pro bono and public service. A team, along with the at ], successfully represented a proposed nationwide class of ] veterans suffering from ] who challenged their ]s from the military.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vets Clinic Wins Case over Bad Discharges for Vietnam Veterans with PTSD - Yale Law School|url = https://www.law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/vets-clinic-wins-case-over-bad-discharges-vietnam-veterans-ptsd|website = www.law.yale.edu| |
In 2005, the firm received the ] "Legal Service Award" for its work with ] inmates.<ref>{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Jenner & Block; retrieved May 16, 2015.</ref><ref name= awardsJB /> The New York office is a strong contributor to the firm's commitment to pro bono and public service. A team, along with the at ], successfully represented a proposed nationwide class of ] veterans suffering from ] who challenged their ]s from the military.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Vets Clinic Wins Case over Bad Discharges for Vietnam Veterans with PTSD - Yale Law School|url = https://www.law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/vets-clinic-wins-case-over-bad-discharges-vietnam-veterans-ptsd|website = www.law.yale.edu| date=22 June 2015 |access-date = 2015-12-15}}</ref> In addition to securing discharge upgrades for the named plaintiffs, the representation also prompted the ] to issue new guidance to the administrative boards hearing discharge upgrade requests to consider PTSD diagnoses for veterans, a result that should help thousands of veterans. | ||
In 2015, Jenner & Block was ranked first among all US law firms in the volume of its pro bono work<ref name="AL profile" /> and has ranked first in pro bono work in five of the past seven years, according to ''The American Lawyer'' annual rankings.<ref>{{cite web| title= Pro Bono Report 2015: Treading Water| work=The American Lawyer| date=July 20, 2015| url= http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202730400870/Pro-Bono-Report-2015-Treading-Water}}</ref><ref>, Bloomberg BNA, 13 April 2015; retrieved May 11, 2015.</ref> | In 2015, Jenner & Block was ranked first among all US law firms in the volume of its pro bono work<ref name="AL profile" /> and has ranked first in pro bono work in five of the past seven years, according to ''The American Lawyer'' annual rankings.<ref>{{cite web| title= Pro Bono Report 2015: Treading Water| work=The American Lawyer| date=July 20, 2015| url= http://www.americanlawyer.com/id=1202730400870/Pro-Bono-Report-2015-Treading-Water}}</ref><ref>, Bloomberg BNA, 13 April 2015; retrieved May 11, 2015.</ref> | ||
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Jenner & Block is headquartered in downtown Chicago. In 1982, the firm opened an office in Washington |
Jenner & Block is headquartered in downtown Chicago. In 1982, the firm opened an office in Washington.<ref>, Jenner & Block</ref> In 2005, a New York City office was launched<ref>, Jenner & Block</ref> followed by the opening of a Los Angeles office in 2009. In April 2015, the firm opened a London office, its first outside the U.S.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20150324/NEWS04/150329924/jenner-block-to-open-first-overseas-office |title= Jenner & Block to open first overseas office| first= Claire |last= Bushey| work=]|date= 24 March 2015| access-date= 11 May 2015}}</ref> | ||
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American law firmHeadquarters | 353 North Clark Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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No. of offices | 6 |
No. of attorneys | 434 |
Major practice areas | General practice |
Key people | Thomas J. Perrelli, Chairman; Katya Jestin and Randall E. Mehrberg, Co-Managing Partners |
Revenue | $408M (2014) |
Date founded | 1914 |
Founder | Jacob Newman, Conrad Poppenhusen, and Henry Stern |
Company type | Limited liability partnership |
Website | Jenner & Block |
Jenner & Block is an American law firm with offices in Century City, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. The firm is active in corporate litigation, business transactions, the public sector, and other legal fields. It has litigated several prominent cases before the United States Supreme Court. As of 2014, it was the 103rd-largest law firm in the US, based on The American Lawyer's annual ranking of firms by headcount.
History
The firm was founded in Chicago in 1914 as Newman, Poppenhusen & Stern. In late 1928, a former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, Floyd Thompson, joined the firm. Known commonly as "The Judge," Thompson handled several high-profile cases for the firm. Albert E. Jenner, Jr., who served as a former assistant counsel to the Warren Commission, established Jenner & Block's longstanding relationship representing General Dynamics in the 1950s. He later was senior minority counsel on the impeachment inquiry staff for the Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon, but was replaced in July 1974 after advocating for the impeachment of Nixon.
Jenner & Block was one of the first national law firms to establish a Washington practice specifically focused on appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court. A number of lawyers in the Washington office have served as clerks to the US Supreme Court. This office was once headed by Bruce Ennis, Jr., who argued more than a dozen cases before the Supreme Court, including three cases arising under different provisions of the same law, the landmark Telecommunications Act of 1996. The appellate practice was once led by Paul M. Smith. Donald Verrilli Jr., who succeeded Elena Kagan as U.S. solicitor general during the Obama administration, is a former member of the practice.
The firm was one of the first large firms in the U.S. to establish a pro bono program.
Since its founding, the firm has had 10 names. The name of the firm was changed to Raymond Mayer Jenner & Block in 1964 after Samuel W. Block became a name partner. In 1969, it was shortened to its present form.
Prominent legal work
The firm has a history of litigating and representation in prominent cases, including several argued before the US Supreme Court. The firm's 1985 antitrust lawsuit of AT&T, on behalf of MCI, sowed the seeds for the eventual break-up of telecommunications monopoly in the 1980s.
The firm's involvement in civil rights cases spans decades. In the 1960s, the firm represented prominent Chicago cardiologist Jeremiah Stamler when he was subpoenaed to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. The firm sued the Committee, seeking to have its mandate declared unconstitutional. After eight and a half years of litigation in the 1960s and 70s, the government agreed to drop its indictment against Dr. Stamler for contempt of Congress, and the doctor agreed to drop his civil suit against the Committee. In 1975, Congress officially abolished HUAC, by that time known as the Internal Security Committee.
In 2009, then firm chairman Anton R. Valukas was appointed as the examiner in the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, and he hired Jenner & Block to produce the report that captured the findings of a year-long investigation of the bank's finances. In 2010, the firm oversaw General Motors' $23.1 billion initial public offering of common stock and Series B mandatory convertible junior preferred stock, the largest US IPO ever at the time.
The firm has achieved several victories before the US Supreme Court regarding free speech, gay rights, copyright, civil procedure, political asylum and other matters. The firm's first principal litigator, Edward R. Johnston, earned the firm's first Supreme Court victory, a landmark antitrust case against the US government (Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association v. U.S.) that allowed for trade association members to exchange information.
The firm represented plaintiff Stephen Law in Law v. Siegel in the US Supreme Court in 2014; it had already been representing the plaintiff Law (who had earlier represented himself) in the US Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit). The Supreme Court overturned a California court's decision to allow Law's home equity to be used as payment for legal fees to a trustee, even though the equity was protected by the state's homestead exemption.
Jenner & Block has continued to represent environmental groups such as the Alliance for the Great Lakes and Natural Resources Defense Council in a Clean Water Act suit against Chicago's Metropolitan Water Reclamation District regarding raw sewage.
Pro bono work
According to annual surveys by The American Lawyer, in 2014 and 2015, Jenner & Block was the leading law firm for per-attorney hours devoted to pro bono work in the US. From 2008 to 2015, it was the leader for five of those seven years.
Recent pro bono victories include the acquittal of Jezon Young and the 2012 acquittal of Calvin Marshall who had been charged with murder.
Notable cases
- Maple Flooring Manufacturers' Association v. US: The firm had an early US Supreme Court victory in an antitrust case that helped establish its appellate credentials. The firm represented the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association, a trade association based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The US government charged that the group's activities — such as sharing weekly statistics showing charges that had been made for various grades of lumber during the previous week — violated the Sherman Act. The firm's principal litigator at the time, Edward Johnston, argued that the Association shared permissible economic information. In June 1925, the Court agreed.
- Sam Insull cases: In the 1930s, former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court Floyd Thompson successfully defended Chicago utility czar Samuel Insull in three separate federal and state trials related to the collapse of his empire after the Great Depression.
- Witherspoon v. Illinois: The firm represented William Witherspoon, who had been sentenced to death for the shooting death of a police officer, on a pro bono basis. In 1968, the US Supreme Court ruled that a state statute providing the state unlimited challenge for cause of jurors who might have any objection to the death penalty gave too much bias in favor of the prosecution. The Court reasoned: "A jury that must choose between life imprisonment and capital punishment can do little more — and must do nothing less — than express the conscience of the community on the ultimate question of life or death. Yet, in a nation less than half of whose people believe in the death penalty, a jury composed exclusively of such people cannot speak for the community." The Court added: "To execute this death sentence would deprive of his life without the due process of the law." As a result of the Witherspoon decision, more than 350 inmates on death row around the nation had their death sentences lifted.
- Lawrence v. Texas: A significant case to ensure civil rights for the gay, lesbian and transgender community. In 2003, working with the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, the firm challenged Texas' anti-sodomy statute. The US Supreme Court struck down the statute, effectively invalidating anti-sodomy laws throughout the nation. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that two gay men arrested after police walked in on them having sex "are entitled to respect for their private lives. The state cannot demean their existence or control their destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime."
- Lehman Brothers bankruptcy: After Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in 2008—the largest bankruptcy in US history—the court hired Jenner & Block's Chairman Anton Valukas to examine Lehman's collapse. Some commentators pointed to the bankruptcy as a factor contributing to the late 2000s global financial crisis. In March 2010, Valukas issued his 2,200-page report on the matter.
- General Motors bankruptcy: In the late 2000s, General Motors had what The American Lawyer called a "near-death" experience as it filed for bankruptcy. In 2010, the $23 billion offering by GM set the record as the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history. Jenner & Block represented GM as it went through bankruptcy and the subsequent IPO.
- Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association: The firm represented the Entertainment Merchants Association in a battle against a California law that restricted the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. In 2011, the US Supreme Court agreed with the firm's argument that the law violated the First Amendment's protection of freedom of speech and expression. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that depictions of violence have never been subject to government regulation.
- American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.: The firm represented a group of broadcasting company clients in a fight against Aereo, Inc., a company that retransmitted copyrighted television programming without broadcaster authorization for a fee. In June 2014, the US Supreme Court agreed with the firm's argument that Aereo violated copyright law. Aereo filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2014.
Recognition
The firm has won many awards for its work. In 2012 and 2013, it was listed as one of the 20 most elite law firms by The American Lawyer, with inclusion on the magazine's A-List for revenue generation, pro-bono commitment, associate satisfaction and diversity representation. In 2012 and 2014, the firm was awarded the Chambers USA "Award for Excellence" as the top law firm for media and entertainment litigation.
In 2015, The National Law Journal named Jenner & Block to its "Appellate Hot List," a list of 20 national firms "with outstanding achievements before the US Supreme Court, federal circuit courts and state courts of last resort." That marked the seventh consecutive year that the firm was so ranked. The firm was also named to The National Law Journal's 2015 "IP Hot List." Also in 2015, Law360 named the firm's Bankruptcy, Workout and Corporate Reorganization Practice a "Bankruptcy Group of the Year."
In 2005, the firm received the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's "Legal Service Award" for its work with death row inmates. The New York office is a strong contributor to the firm's commitment to pro bono and public service. A team, along with the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School, successfully represented a proposed nationwide class of Vietnam War veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who challenged their less-than-honorable discharges from the military. In addition to securing discharge upgrades for the named plaintiffs, the representation also prompted the Secretary of Defense to issue new guidance to the administrative boards hearing discharge upgrade requests to consider PTSD diagnoses for veterans, a result that should help thousands of veterans.
In 2015, Jenner & Block was ranked first among all US law firms in the volume of its pro bono work and has ranked first in pro bono work in five of the past seven years, according to The American Lawyer annual rankings.
Offices
Jenner & Block is headquartered in downtown Chicago. In 1982, the firm opened an office in Washington. In 2005, a New York City office was launched followed by the opening of a Los Angeles office in 2009. In April 2015, the firm opened a London office, its first outside the U.S.
See also
List of largest United States-based law firms by profits per partner
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